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[–]JulienMayfair 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

. . . and the next time a TV network does a Harry Potter movie marathon, demand the channel be shut down!

I feel like buying all the Harry Potter books just to give them the finger.

[–]Virginia_Plain 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Harry Potter isn't bad reading. The Ickabog is a fun novel too, and her mystery novels (under Robert Galbraith) are pretty respectable. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was a mess, though.

[–]GreykittymommaMagical lady 💜 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That's the one she didn't write lol I refuse to read CC.

[–]Virginia_Plain 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah. From my understanding she gets co-writer credit, because it was based off an unpublished story. Maybe it works better on stage, I don't know.

[–]GreykittymommaMagical lady 💜 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

People say that but I'm not wasting my money to encourage bad fan fiction 🙃

[–]JulienMayfair 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I streamed them as audiobooks while working during the pandemic.

Rowling is great at character creation, and I like the overarching plot of the books. On the other hand, I get frustrated with some of the more illogical subplots and a tendency to be repetitive, as in staging the same scenes over and over, as in, "Now Harry will have another unpleasant run-in with Snape." The whole Goblet of Fire premise I thought was kind of ridiculous. Everyone knew someone was up with Harry's name being where it shouldn't be, but hey, let's just play along and see who gets killed! A kid needs a signed permission slip to go into Hogsmead, but if his name pops out of a magic cup, we can pit him against a dragon. Makes perfect sense!!

[–]ChunkeeguyTeam T*RF Fuck Yeah 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Agree. The Goblet of Fire was so concocted. The Triwizard Tornament taking place over a whole term was ridiculous.